Enrico Onofri (born 1 April 1967) is an Italian violinist and conductor specialising in

Baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ...

Career

Born in

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

, Onofri is often invited to participate in the productions of ensembles such as

La Capella Reial de Catalunya ''La Capella Reial de Catalunya'' is a group of soloist singers under the patronage of the Government of Catalonia with the aim of celebrating, maintaining, and reviving medieval vocal polyphony and the music of the Spanish Golden Age. The group wa ...

conducted by

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish Conducting, conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol ...

, the

Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Claudio Monteverdi, Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi, Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordi ...

conducted by

Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 25 January 1960) is a virtuoso on Baroque music, Baroque Keyboard instrument, keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ (music), organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concer ...

and the

Concentus Musicus Wien Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) is an Austrian baroque music ensemble based in Vienna. The CMW is recognized as a pioneer of the period-instrument performance movement. History Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Alice Harnoncourt co-founded the CMW in 19 ...

conducted by

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

. Since 1987, he has been

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

of the ensemble

Il Giardino Armonico Il Giardino Armonico ("The Garden of Harmony") is an Italian ensemble well noted for its practice of Historically informed performance, Historically Informed Performance and founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca and Giovanni Antonini, primarily ...

and has made recordings for the

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label, performing the Italian repertoire for violin and orchestra. Since 2002, Onofri has performed in Europe and Japan also as a conductor. Since 2005, he has been the director of the Divino Sospiro ensemble based at the

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in Lisbon. In 2000, he founded the ensemble Imaginarium. A loyal collaborator of Giovanni Antonini and his ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, he recorded the complete Concerti da Camera by Antonio Vivaldi with him. He has recorded for several labels, including

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Opus 111 Opus (: opera) is a Latin word meaning "(a result of) work". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (plural). Opus or OPUS may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Opus number, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) pu ...

, Teldec, Astrée and

Outhere Outhere Music is a Belgian classical music and jazz publisher, directed by Charles Adriaenssen, which owns several formerly independent labels, many of them boutique early music specialists: * Fuga Libera, a Belgian label founded in 2004 under t ...

. In 2008, he was invited to conduct and accompany the

European Union Baroque Orchestra The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) is a training initiative that allows young performers of baroque music from the European Union to gain orchestral experience as part of their career development. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between ...

(EUBO) on a concert tour through Europe.Enrico Onofri
on Ôlyrics Since 2000, he has been teaching Baroque violin at the Bellini Conservatory in Palermo.

Recordings

* Vivaldi, La Follia – Violin Sonatas : Enrico Onofri violon & direction, Imaginarium. 1 CD Sony/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi * La voce nel violino – music bty Castello, Cima, Fontana, Rognoni, Frescobaldi, Monteverdi, Pandolfi : Enrico Onofri violon & directo, Imaginarium. 1 CD Zig Zag Territoires * Symphonie n.40 et Serenata Notturna de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Enrico Onofri direction, Divino Sospiro (live recording) – 1 CD + DVD Harbor Records (Nichion) * Concerti per violino Vol.I "La Caccia", Il Grosso Mogul, RV332, L'Inquietudine, Il Sospetto, La Caccia, Il Riposo byAntonio Vivaldi: Enrico Onofri violon soliste et direction, Academia Montis Regalis. 1 CD Naive, Vivaldi Edition * ''Concerti da Camera'' by

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, flûte à bec & direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin: 1 coffret 4 CD Teldec * ''Concerti per mandolini e liuto'' by Antonio Vivaldi: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin - Duilio Galfetti & Wolfgang Paul, mandolines - Luca Pianca, luth: 1 CD Teldec * ''Il Proteo o sia il Mondo al Rovescio'' Antonio Vivaldi: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin- Christophe Coin, cello: 1 CD Teldec * ''Le Quattro Stagioni'' by Antonio Vivaldi: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, direction - Enrico Onofri, violon solo: 1 CD Teldec * ''Concerti per violino Op. 8'' by Antonio Vivaldi: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin: 1 CD Teldec * ''Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda'' by

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string instrument, string player. A composer of both Secular music, secular and Church music, sacred music, and a pioneer ...

: Ensemble Concerto - Roberto Gini, direction - Enrico Onofri, first violon: 1 CD Tactus: "The Vivaldi Album",

Cecilia Bartoli Cecilia Bartoli Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI (; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini, George Frideric Handel, Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart, Gioachino Ross ...

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

, Il Giardino Armonico, Enrico Onofri first violin and solo. 1 CD Decca * ''Concerti per archi'' by Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Italiano - Rinaldo Alessandrini, clavecin & direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin: 1 CD Tactus * ''Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali'' by Claudio Monteverdi: Ensemble Concerto - Roberto Gini, direction - Enrico Onofri, first violin: 2 CD Tactus * ''Vespro della Beata Vergine'' by Claudio Monteverdi: La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, viole de gambe & direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin: 2 CD Astrée * ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, flûte à bec & direction - Enrico Onofri, solo violin: 2 CD Teldec * ''Cantate da camera'' by

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

: Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini, direction -

Eva Mei Eva Mei (born March 3, 1967) is an Italian coloratura soprano. Life and career Eva Mei was born on March 3, 1967 in Fabriano, Italy. She graduated from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence in 1989. In 1990, at the Mozart Competition in ...

, soprano - Enrico Onofri, first violon: 1 CD Teldec

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Onofri, Enrico 1967 births Living people Academic staff of the Palermo Conservatory Italian classical violinists Italian conductors (music) Italian performers of early music People from Ravenna